POTEAU, Okla. (AP) - A
veterans group is again asking LeFlore County commissioners to place a
Ten Commandments monument on the courthouse lawn.
The plan was approved in
2009 - but was put on hold when a lawsuit challenged a similar monument
on the courthouse lawn in neighboring Haskell County.
Disabled American Veterans commander Charlie Horsley made the
request Monday to commissioners Lance Smith and Ceb Scott. Smith said he
wants to discuss potential legal issues with the District Attorney's
office.
A federal appeals court
ruled that the Haskell County monument was an unconstitutional
government endorsement of religion and it was moved to the lawn of an
American Legion building after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an
appeal of the ruling.
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